Falcons' Matt Bryant ranked as most valuable kicker in NFL

Falcons' Matt Bryant ranked as most valuable kicker in NFL

Matt Bryant is 42 years old, but still alive and kicking (some pun intended) in the NFL.

Through four games, the veteran kicker is a perfect 9-for-9 in field goal attempts and 11-for-11 on extra points. Those numbers have helped Bryant rank as the best value among kickers to this point by Spotrac.

Spotrac ranks players at each position using their performance and the average annual value of their contract. Their formula is as such:

An up-to-date look at the value rankings of all active NFL players based on a mathematical comparison of their current average salary against their cumulative “production points”. These points are made up of major statistical categories relevant to that player’s position. From there, we generate a z-score for each player among their position, to rank them with a “value”. This True Value rating is what you see below. By default players must have played in 60% of available snaps in order to qualify.

Bryant is in the final year of the three-year, $8.5 million contract he signed in 2015, making his AAV $2,833,333.

Bryant’s value score on Spotrac is almost as perfect as his 2017 field goal percentage at 99.97. That’s almost five points higher than second-place Robbie Gould of San Francisco, at 95.12.

The rest of the top five is Georgio Tavecchio of Oakland (81.84), Eagles kicker Jake Elliott (77.87) and Cody Parkey of the Dolphins (76.64).